How many novels could you read in the time you spend on your phone?

We’re all guilty of spending a little too much time on our smartphones. With just the slightest compromise on your app-trawling habits, you’d be amazed how fast you could get through your book bucket list. We took the average time people spend on certain phone activities over a month and found out just how many novels they could read in that time...

Instant Messaging

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) - Douglas Adams

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) - C. S. Lewis

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) - Douglas Adams

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

Emailing

We spend on average of

30:47

hours per month

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - J. K. Rowling

Twilight (Twilight, #1) - Stephenie Meyer

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - J. K. Rowling

Twilight (Twilight, #1) - Stephenie Meyer

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Texting

We spend on average of

10:56

hours per month

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Photo or Video Messaging

We spend on average of

04:51

hours per month

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Phone Calls

We spend on average of

14:03

hours per month

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

Video Calls

We spend on average of

08:33

hours per month

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Whether the Harry Potter series sounds right up your street, you fancy a spot of The Great Gatsby, or Jane Eyre’s more your kind of thing – easing up on your smartphone addiction could be the key to re-establishing your reading passion.

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